Venus in the Forge of Vulcan, from Four Episodes in the Story of Venus

Gérard de Lairesse, Flemish, 1640 - 1711

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1675-1680

Etching on laid paper

Plate: 8 5/16 × 6 9/16 in. (21.1 × 16.7 cm)

Sheet: 11 × 9 13/16 in. (27.9 × 25 cm)

Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Adelbert Ames Fine Arts Awards Fund

2005.17.3

Geography

Place Made: Belgium, Europe

Period

1600-1800

Object Name

Print

Research Area

Print

Not on view

Inscriptions

Inscribed, in plate, lower left corner: 3; inscribed, in plate, across bottom edge: Per Gerardum de Lairesse inv. et Sculp: et per Nicolaum Visscher edit.cum Privil: Ord: General: Belgii Federati

Provenance

James A. Bergquist, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 2005.

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